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All my weight goes straight to my ears...and my cock obviously. I am reluctant to diet because when naked I closely resemble an extremely well hung Mr Potato Head which is a really talking point in the bedroom.

"Connective tissue" is a pretty broad category that includes adipose tissue, which does change with weight! Its main job is to sequester and store energy as fat, so individual cells grow and shrink depending on energy intake vs expenditure.

Earlobes are mainly adipose and areolar connective tissues, but I have no idea (only kind of a scientist) to what extent specifically your earlobes grow or shrink when your body weight changes.

I know this sounds stupid, but as someone who is trying to lose weight (smaller than her starter pic, but bigger than her now) , this makes me feel better about myself right now. Like, in the meantime, it's still possible for someone to find me something other than repulsive. Thanks.

I’ve dated multiple girls heavier than myself, and have had wonderful experiences with all of them. Just because you may look at yourself and think one way, doesn’t mean someone else doesn’t look at you and think you’re beautiful. A cheerful personality and a great big smile go a long way. No matter where you’re at in regards to what your end goal is, never think of yourself as repulsive. Look in the mirror and tell yourself on every step of your personal journey, “I’m beautiful”. Because you can be damn sure someone else is thinking the same thing

Thank you! I think a lot of people justify putting down heavier people by saying it will "motivate" them, but whenever I do "cheat" on my diet, it's usually at 3 am on Reddit after I've seen someone call somebody my size or smaller a "whale" or "gross" and my brain goes "THEY'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE FAT, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO. GO EAT, IT MAKES YOU HAPPY. WE GOTTA GET THIS DOPAMINE UP SOMEHOW. " On the other hand, encouragement from people like you and others on this comment makes me want to do better for myself. The better I feel emotionally, the better chance I have at improving physically.

Some people are strangely motivated by hate, but not everyone, obviously.

Everyone has something they find attractive. For myself and many others it's chubby and thick women, though it's a little bit of a niche interest, the majority prefer thin.

If you want to be thinner do it for you and the health benefits that come with it, never for someone else or the potential someone else. Whatever your size there's someone who will find you physically attractive.

If she doesn't want to answer then she doesn't have to, she gave an answer though to the question, although it was not a question they asked and was likely misunderstood. If they don't want to answer, again, they can simply not reply or state such, but they gave an answer that didn't relate to the question, so I'm asking just in case it was a misunderstanding :|

Appears that the majority of the loss was by some medical means, probably surgery judging by OP’s other replies. Not that it lessens the accomplishment at all, weight loss is weight loss. Here’s hoping it stays off.

Often online I see guys saying anything over 110lbs on any woman is disgusting, but I’m sure they just don’t realize what human female weights actually look like in real life. Honestly a lot of woman up to 150 and 160 look great (like OP)

HA!! Totally. I asked a colleague what he thought "fat" was on a woman and he said 130. Myself, I'm 5'6" and was 130 at the time, wearing a 2 or 4 depending on the label. I told him "well guess who's the fatass, I'm 130" and he was totally surprised. I think his wife is 5'2" or something.

Yes, but I believe thinkthentype's point was that she's about to receive an absurd number of potentially-exceptionally-lewd sexual advances from a bunch of Reddit rando's when she just wants to be proud of herself and maybe receive some encouraging compliments.

Hate to say it, since I'm sure this is unpopular. But oh well. The reality is this though, OP will get a shit ton of "fuck off, fat ass" or "take this shit back to Facebook" along with a few "show me your tits".

I haven't sorted by controversial yet but I promise it's a mess. These posts always bring out a war and rightfully so. Until a mod speaks up and sidebars some info these posts will be a burden to them in the sense of people abusing the report button and rule breaking. Im not saying this post breaks any rules, but in the comments.

These progress pics need a sticky post from the mods on the state on are they allowed here or not. Anything to stop the petty fighting that goes on.

Poor OP, she better have thick skin because the internet is not a nice place at times

It's not really what people expect, but it's mostly due to a sensitivity to hormones I have. By removing birth control from the equation it actually helped my mental status and increased my energy. I remember when I got my long term method removed, I sat in the lobby and got a splitting headache. An hour after I was wide awake, and it was like a veil was lifted.

After that, it was like a new lease on life. My mobility quickly increased and I wasn't ok with being bored anymore.

Funnily enough, for me it was the other way around. I went six months without birth control and I was a zombie. Once I got Mirena, I came back to life, lost weight and stop being anemic. Every body is a world of its own.

Oh, dude. The hormone roller coaster is why I had to get off the Pill. Us Amazons are too big for it. The Pill, Nuvaring, Mirena, etc are made for women who top out at 140 pounds. I'm 5'11" and look sickly if I drop below 160 pounds. The crying at random times, getting my period every other week, weight gain, insomnia.. It was crazy!

What birth control did you switch to? My GYN convinced me to try Paraguard, since it's hormone free and lasts 10 years. I love it.

Be prepared- it COMPLETELY alters your menstrual cycle as you've come to know it. It's not worse. It's not better. But when I got mine at 32, having to re-learn my own body was extremely disconcerting.

I've had mine for a few years now, and love it. No hormone roller coaster, and worry-free birth control for 10 years. So glad you're doing well, and I sincerely hope the weight loss and updated BC are big helps to your overall mental health.

I had one for two years and it fell out. It was so effing painful. Just an fyi of you feel ANY cramping, go to your doctor. I got another one and it fell out two months later :( so I'm on the pill now. Ugh!

I'm on the Copper IUD. I'm afraid to do hormones... I was on the pill in high school for a bit and I just felt weird on it. All pressured up. It could've been a lot of things but I didn't feel like I was me on it.

The Copper IUD has made my periods much more painful, but it means I don't have the pain of raising kids when I don't want to, and no hormones, so I take it. I just take more ibuprofen.

I had the same exact experience. I was living temporarily outside of the country and ran out of the pill, I decided to just go off it for a couple months instead of trying a new pill in a new country. As soon as I stopped I realized how out of whack my hormones were when I was on it. I found myself being less weepy or less annoyed at small things. Spoke with my doctor, she recommended a copper IUD. I went with Paraguard, it didn't hurt for me to have it put in place but it was definitely a bizarre feeling. My doctor is awesome and she talked me through it "Now your going to feel something like a sharp period cramp and then it will stop" And it totally did, just a very sudden cramp then it stopped. I've had it 3 years now, and while my periods are heavier than when I was on the pill, (they were basically nonexistent when I was on the pill) not having to remember to take a pill everyday or deal with whacky hormones makes it totally worth it.

Question, did you get your tattoo on your chest before or after you began losing your weight? It looks legit. I'm in the middle of dropping weight and I'm honestly a little worried about what my tattoos are going to look like later on.

I've had two friends, one female, one male who both lost a bunch of weight and the first thing they did was get massive tattoos in very obvious places. 5 years later and they both regret it. I think it's a common thing, it's almost like a response to being held back by the weight that when they suddenly get this boost of confidence it overcompensates with bad tattoos and bad fashion choices. Live in your body a while before making any permanent decisions.

I'd remember that if I didn't already have them. I got them years ago when I was in shape, then I ballooned up about 60 lbs over some years, and now I'm trying to get back to where I was. I just don't get to see the tattoo topic come up often, so I seized the opportunity to ask.

But, should the day come where I actually have muscle definition, I'll refrain from getting new work for awhile.

I got this before the weight loss actually. Just be mindful of where you place it , there are some spots (like tummy, biceps, hips) that are more apt to stretching. Choosing areas that don’t stretch is your best bet.

It looks better actually. My boobs got smaller. The end of the heart was often hidden in between my cleavage. It’s funny people here say it looks like a pretzel but it Really looked like a pretzel before.

I have a little extra skin, mostly where my stretch marks are. I went up and down in weight a lot growing up so they’re pretty prominent. I’m finding that most of the extra skin is coming from there. I’ve been Looking into non-evasive surgeries but sadly there isn’t much.

don't know if it was asked and just buried or if I'm the first to ask... what did you do in the last year to make this change happen? was it all diet, all exercise or a mix of both?
again sorry if I'm just a blind old fool and didn't see it.